By Charlie Ashton If you’re heading to Sydney for next week’s OpenStack Summit, you should mark your calendar for an important session at 10.50am on Tuesday November 7th: “Tuning packet and interrupt latency for 5G applications.” Two of Wind River’s foremost OpenStack experts, Chris Friesen and Ian Jolliffe, will present this session and explain how to use OpenStack successfully in…

By Jeff Gowan There has been a lot of attention on the internet of things (IoT) over the past two years. Before coming to work at Wind River I had never heard the term before. I’ve heard it plenty within Wind River because in many ways it’s the evolution of the embedded business we’ve been in for the last 30…

By Charlie Ashton Radio Access Network (RAN) terminology is nothing if not confusing. Traditional RAN configurations are now termed “Distributed RAN.” The first phase of cost optimization through consolidation is typically called “Centralized RAN” or “CRAN.” Capacity improvements achieved through baseband pooling are often known as “Cloud RAN,” representing another, different use of the term “CRAN.” Currently, the ultimate approach…

By Chip Downing The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) technical standard and business approach was proven yesterday at the FACE Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) sponsored by NAVAIR at Patuxent River. Over 30 avionics systems suppliers exhibited their FACE platform solutions at the Solomons Conference Center. This event is driving the future of the FACE standard, transitioning from building and testing…

By Marques McCammon, General Manager, Connected Vehicle Solutions at Wind River and Alex Epstein, Senior Director of Digital Strategy at the National Safety Council We’re all addicted. Our brains seem wired to instantly respond to a call, text or email while steering a two-ton car in busy traffic. Sometimes we feel we even need to share our thoughts on social…

By Charlie Ashton As SDN NFV World Congress winds down after a packed week, you could say things got quite hot in The Hague…especially for our Wind River Titanium Cloud team. Last night, during the inaugural Network Transformation Awards gala, winners were finally unveiled. Facing a highly competitive field of industry innovators, we were honored to find out that Wind…

By Jeff Gowan When you go to dinner, are you noticing menu items such as Broodjes, Stamppot, or Stroopwafels? Does it seem like everyone is riding a bicycle? Did you notice a ‘girl with a pearl earring’ who looked strangely familiar? If you answered yes to any of these questions as you read this, perhaps you are in the Netherlands…

By Keith Shea Industrial IoT (IIoT) can only generate value for customers if connected devices are actively monitored and managed. To ensure these devices are secure, operational, and performing at the highest possible level, device management should be designed in as part of an IoT system architecture from the start, as it is a key IoT enabler and critically important…

October 3, 2017

Wind River Blog Network

The Wind River Blog Network is made up of a variety of voices: executives, technologists and industry enthusiasts. We hope to foster conversations and encourage the sharing of insights regarding the evolving landscape of intelligent, connected systems with our ecosystem of customers, partners and colleagues.